Fish of the Detroit River (Ojibway Prairie BioBlitz guide)

A draft fish guide for the middle section of the Detroit River and Ojibway Prairie Complex. 2015

Lake Sturgeon 1
Acipenser fulvescens
Sea Lamprey 2
Petromyzon marinus
Longnose gar 3
Lepisosteus osseus
Bowfin 4
Amia calva
Yellow Perch 5
Perca flavescens
Walleye 6
Sander vitreus
Largemouth Bass 7
Micropterus salmoides
Smallmouth Bass 8
Micropterus dolomieu
Bluegill 8
Lepomis macrochirus
Pumpkinseed Sunfish 9
Lepomis gibbosus
Green Sunfish 7
Lepomis cyanellus
White Bass 10
Morone chrysops
White Perch 6
Morone americana
Sheepshead 11
Aplodinotus grunniens
Black Crappie 8
Pomoxis nigromaculatus
White crappie
Pomoxis annularis
Common Carp 12
Cyprinus carpio
Goldfish 13
Carassius auratus
Brook Silverside 5
Labidesthes sicculus
Bluntnose Minnow
Pimephales notatus
Spottail Shiner 14
Notropis hudsonius
Emerald shiner 15
Notropis atherinoides
Mimic shiner 16
Notropis volucellus
Brook stickleback 17
Culaea inconstans
Muskellunge 18
Esox masquinongy
Northern Pike 19
Esox lucius
Round Goby 5
Neogobius melanostomus
Tubenose Goby 20
Proterorhinus marmoratus
Logperch 21
Percina caprodes
Spotfin Shiner 22
Cyprinella spiloptera
Striped shiner 23
Luxilus chrysocephalus
Ghost Shiner 24
Notropis buchanani
Golden shiner 25
Notemigonus crysoleucas
Hornyhead Chub 27
Nocomis biguttatus
Johnny darter 28
Etheostoma nigrum
banded killifish 7
Fundulus diaphanus
Trout-perch 29
Percopsis omiscomaycus
White Sucker 30
Catostomus commersonii
northern hogsucker 31
Hypentelium nigricans
Silver Redhorse 7
Moxostoma anisurum
Spotted Sucker 32
Minytrema melanops
Black Bullhead 33
Ameiurus melas
Channel Catfish 9
Ictalurus punctatus
Yellow Bullhead 34
Ameiurus natalis
brown bullhead 7
Ameiurus nebulosus

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